Biography

Biography

Stephen Parker is Research Fellow in the Centre for Educational Futures and Innovation at Deakin University. He has broad interests in social justice, public policy, social and political theory and sociology. Stephen has researched and published in higher education policy, student aspirations and student transitions appearing in Cambridge Journal of Education and Studies in Higher Education. Stephen has recently contributed to a number of research reports including VET providers, associate/bachelor degrees and disadvantaged learners (for the National VET Equity Council), Student Aspirations for Higher Education in Central Queensland: A survey of school students’ navigational capacities (for Central Queensland University) and Widening Participation in Australian Higher Education (for the Higher Education Funding Council for England).

Stephen's PhD was confered in 2011 and was entitled Theorising Human Rights: Foundations and Their Influence. The thesis explored the philosophical foundations of human rights through a number of theorists including, Richard Rorty, Bryan S. Turner, Martha Nussbaum and Charles Taylor.

Prior to coming to Deakin in 2012, Stephen was a researcher in the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education based in Adelaide.

Biography summary

Stephen Parker is Research Fellow in the Centre for Educational Futures and Innovation at Deakin University.

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy, University of South Australia, 2011

Bachelor of Arts, University of Adelaide, 1999

Master of International Studies, University of South Australia, 2003

Affiliations

AARE

Professional activities

Visiting Scholar, University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Scotland, UK, September 2014.

Visiting Scholar, Centre for Educational Research in Equalities, Policy and Pedagogy, University of Roehampton, London, UK, September 2012.

Editorial Assistant, Critical Studies in Education.

Article reviewer for:

Australian Educational Researcher

Australian Journal of Education

Cambridge Journal of Education

Critical Studies in Education

Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education

Journal of Education Policy

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies

Social Inclusion

Academic

Teaching Interests

I am currently Associate Supervisor for the following HDR students at Deakin University (as of Feb 2015):